SOLUTION: A boy has a bag of quarters and dimes that equal 60 coins also total $7.00 how many quarters does he have

Question 129380: A boy has a bag of quarters and dimes that equal 60 coins also total $7.00 how many quarters does he have
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A boy has a bag of quarters and dimes that equal 60 coins also total $7.00 how many quarters does he have
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Let # of quarters be "x" ; value is 25x cents
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# of dimes is "60-x" ; value is 10(60-x) = 600-10x cents
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EQUATION:
value + value = 700 cents
25x + 600-10x = 700
15x = 100
x = 20/3
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Comment: x cannot be 20/3; it must be a whole number if
if is the number of quarters. Please check your data.
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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